Ştei

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Ştei
Coat of arms of Ştei
Coat of arms
Location of Ştei
Location of Ştei
Coordinates: 46°32′24″N 22°28′12″E / 46.54, 22.47
Country Flag of Romania Romania
County Bihor County
Status Town
Government
 - Mayor Ioan Lucaciu (Democratic Party)
Population (2002)
 - Total 9,466
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website: http://www.stei.ro

Ştei (Hungarian: Vaskohsziklás) is a town in Bihor County, western Transylvania, Romania. Between 1958 and 1996, it was named Dr. Petru Groza, after the Romanian socialist leader who had died earlier in 1958.

The town was founded in 1952, nearby a village of the same name, as an industrial center for the grinding of uranium mined in nearby Băiţa (serving the intensive mining development set as an imperative by the Romanian Communist regime).